diff --git a/packages/config/jest.config.js b/packages/config/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 16cb0e906..000000000
--- a/packages/config/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('../../jest/config');
-
-module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {
-  coverageThreshold: {
-    global: {
-      lines: 90,
-    },
-  },
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/core/jest.config.js b/packages/core/core/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c3fbdb05..000000000
--- a/packages/core/core/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('../../../jest/config');
-
-module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {});
diff --git a/packages/core/core/package.json b/packages/core/core/package.json
index 5e9b48163..49b0a1927 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/core/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://verdaccio.org",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=12"
+    "node": ">=14"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "https",
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf ./build",
-    "test": "jest",
+    "test": "vitest run",
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:docs": "typedoc --options ./typedoc.json --tsconfig tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly -p tsconfig.build.json",
diff --git a/packages/core/core/test/errors.spec.ts b/packages/core/core/test/errors.spec.ts
index 8dfcc9419..10729e9ca 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/test/errors.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/core/test/errors.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import { HTTP_STATUS } from '../src/constants';
 import {
diff --git a/packages/core/core/test/merge.dist.tags.spec.ts b/packages/core/core/test/merge.dist.tags.spec.ts
index eb0018528..ca44ca8ca 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/test/merge.dist.tags.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/core/test/merge.dist.tags.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { mergeVersions, semverSort } from '../src/pkg-utils';
 
 describe('Storage._merge_versions versions', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/core/test/mystreams.spec.ts b/packages/core/core/test/mystreams.spec.ts
index 496fa4bb3..b894c5e10 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/test/mystreams.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/core/test/mystreams.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Stream } from 'stream';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import { readableToString } from '../src/stream-utils';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/core/test/pkg-utils.spec.ts b/packages/core/core/test/pkg-utils.spec.ts
index fba402697..34420650e 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/test/pkg-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/core/test/pkg-utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { DIST_TAGS, pkgUtils } from '../src';
 
 describe('pkg-utils', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/core/test/string-utils.spec.ts b/packages/core/core/test/string-utils.spec.ts
index 476bea5ae..5a46c0ab4 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/test/string-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/core/test/string-utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { stringUtils } from '../src';
 
 describe('string-utils', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/core/test/validation-utilts.spec.ts b/packages/core/core/test/validation-utilts.spec.ts
index bc3a91fea..81d323a26 100644
--- a/packages/core/core/test/validation-utilts.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/core/test/validation-utilts.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { DEFAULT_PASSWORD_VALIDATION, DIST_TAGS } from '../src/constants';
 import { validatePublishSingleVersion } from '../src/schemes/publish-manifest';
 import {
@@ -62,10 +64,9 @@ describe('normalizeMetadata', () => {
 
   test('should fails the assertions is name does not match', () => {
     expect(function () {
-      // @ts-ignore
+      // @ts-expect-error
       normalizeMetadata({}, 'no-name');
-      // @ts-ignore
-    }).toThrow(expect.hasAssertions());
+    }).toThrowError();
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/tarball/jest.config.js b/packages/core/tarball/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c3fbdb05..000000000
--- a/packages/core/tarball/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('../../../jest/config');
-
-module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {});
diff --git a/packages/core/tarball/package.json b/packages/core/tarball/package.json
index 86c6eb6d8..4343eebab 100644
--- a/packages/core/tarball/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/tarball/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://verdaccio.org",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=12"
+    "node": ">=14"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "https",
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf ./build",
-    "test": "jest",
+    "test": "vitest run",
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:js": "babel src/ --out-dir build/ --copy-files --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" --source-maps",
diff --git a/packages/core/tarball/tests/convertDistRemoteToLocalTarballUrls.spec.ts b/packages/core/tarball/tests/convertDistRemoteToLocalTarballUrls.spec.ts
index 48fef9fb4..3fdfd5fd0 100644
--- a/packages/core/tarball/tests/convertDistRemoteToLocalTarballUrls.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/tarball/tests/convertDistRemoteToLocalTarballUrls.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as httpMocks from 'node-mocks-http';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import { HEADERS } from '@verdaccio/core';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/tarball/tests/getLocalRegistryTarballUri.spec.ts b/packages/core/tarball/tests/getLocalRegistryTarballUri.spec.ts
index da49e886e..01b113c4a 100644
--- a/packages/core/tarball/tests/getLocalRegistryTarballUri.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/tarball/tests/getLocalRegistryTarballUri.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { extractTarballFromUrl } from '../src';
 
 describe('extractTarballFromUrl', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/tarball/tests/getTarballDetails.spec.ts b/packages/core/tarball/tests/getTarballDetails.spec.ts
index 405391722..552054e00 100644
--- a/packages/core/tarball/tests/getTarballDetails.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/tarball/tests/getTarballDetails.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import { getTarballDetails } from '../src/getTarballDetails.ts';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/url/jest.config.js b/packages/core/url/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c3fbdb05..000000000
--- a/packages/core/url/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('../../../jest/config');
-
-module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {});
diff --git a/packages/core/url/package.json b/packages/core/url/package.json
index 08d19069d..9642f4bee 100644
--- a/packages/core/url/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/url/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf ./build",
-    "test": "jest",
+    "test": "vitest run",
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:js": "babel src/ --out-dir build/ --copy-files --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" --source-maps",
diff --git a/packages/core/url/tests/combineBaseUrl.spec.ts b/packages/core/url/tests/combineBaseUrl.spec.ts
index 4cd9bdea6..53bc3f4e7 100644
--- a/packages/core/url/tests/combineBaseUrl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/url/tests/combineBaseUrl.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { combineBaseUrl } from '../src';
 
 describe('combineBaseUrl', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/url/tests/getPublicUrl.spec.ts b/packages/core/url/tests/getPublicUrl.spec.ts
index 2313f2fde..34b93cfe5 100644
--- a/packages/core/url/tests/getPublicUrl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/url/tests/getPublicUrl.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as httpMocks from 'node-mocks-http';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import { HEADERS } from '@verdaccio/core';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/url/tests/getWebProtocol.spec.ts b/packages/core/url/tests/getWebProtocol.spec.ts
index f01169e83..46b4300fa 100644
--- a/packages/core/url/tests/getWebProtocol.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/url/tests/getWebProtocol.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { getWebProtocol } from '../src';
 
 describe('getWebProtocol', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/url/tests/htttProtocol.spec.ts b/packages/core/url/tests/htttProtocol.spec.ts
index 74d110855..c51e855a6 100644
--- a/packages/core/url/tests/htttProtocol.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/url/tests/htttProtocol.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { isURLhasValidProtocol } from '../src';
 
 test('should be HTTP/HTTPS protocol', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/url/tests/validHost.spec.ts b/packages/core/url/tests/validHost.spec.ts
index f595bdd59..8d7df1050 100644
--- a/packages/core/url/tests/validHost.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/url/tests/validHost.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { isHost } from '../src';
 
 test('valid host', () => {
diff --git a/packages/hooks/jest.config.js b/packages/hooks/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fdd30d29..000000000
--- a/packages/hooks/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('../../jest/config');
-
-module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {
-  testEnvironment: 'node',
-});
diff --git a/packages/hooks/package.json b/packages/hooks/package.json
index 67a67d4eb..25d72ba09 100644
--- a/packages/hooks/package.json
+++ b/packages/hooks/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf ./build",
-    "test": "jest",
+    "test": "vitest run",
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:js": "babel src/ --out-dir build/ --copy-files --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" --source-maps",
diff --git a/packages/hooks/test/notify-request.spec.ts b/packages/hooks/test/notify-request.spec.ts
index 8231ef19b..d97535725 100644
--- a/packages/hooks/test/notify-request.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/hooks/test/notify-request.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import nock from 'nock';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import { createRemoteUser, parseConfigFile } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { setup } from '@verdaccio/logger';
diff --git a/packages/loaders/jest.config.js b/packages/loaders/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 283855bf6..000000000
--- a/packages/loaders/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('../../jest/config');
-
-module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {
-  coverageThreshold: {
-    global: {
-      // FIXME: increase to 90
-      lines: 68,
-    },
-  },
-});
diff --git a/packages/loaders/package.json b/packages/loaders/package.json
index d751ebbaa..8d196dc69 100644
--- a/packages/loaders/package.json
+++ b/packages/loaders/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf ./build",
-    "test": "jest",
+    "test": "vitest run",
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:js": "babel src/ --out-dir build/ --copy-files --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" --source-maps",
diff --git a/packages/loaders/test/plugin_loader_async.spec.ts b/packages/loaders/test/plugin_loader_async.spec.ts
index eff68a4a0..aaa40f4e1 100644
--- a/packages/loaders/test/plugin_loader_async.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/loaders/test/plugin_loader_async.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import { Config, parseConfigFile } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { pluginUtils } from '@verdaccio/core';
diff --git a/packages/signature/jest.config.js b/packages/signature/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7da7d2da8..000000000
--- a/packages/signature/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('../../jest/config');
-
-module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {});
diff --git a/packages/signature/package.json b/packages/signature/package.json
index 330166a6b..7e753ac17 100644
--- a/packages/signature/package.json
+++ b/packages/signature/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf ./build",
-    "test": "jest",
+    "test": "vitest run",
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:js": "babel src/ --out-dir build/ --copy-files --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" --source-maps",
diff --git a/packages/signature/test/jwt.spec.ts b/packages/signature/test/jwt.spec.ts
index 23085de75..a4083d632 100644
--- a/packages/signature/test/jwt.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/signature/test/jwt.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { createRemoteUser } from '@verdaccio/config';
 
 import { signPayload, verifyPayload } from '../src';
diff --git a/packages/signature/test/legacy-token-deprecated.spec.ts b/packages/signature/test/legacy-token-deprecated.spec.ts
index ffdea7728..f1af2ce9b 100644
--- a/packages/signature/test/legacy-token-deprecated.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/signature/test/legacy-token-deprecated.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { isNodeVersionGreaterThan21 } from '@verdaccio/config';
 
 import {
diff --git a/packages/signature/test/legacy-token.spec.ts b/packages/signature/test/legacy-token.spec.ts
index f2eaa0b12..3a2bc8026 100644
--- a/packages/signature/test/legacy-token.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/signature/test/legacy-token.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { aesDecrypt, aesEncrypt } from '../src';
 
 describe('test crypto utils', () => {
diff --git a/packages/signature/test/utilts.spec.ts b/packages/signature/test/utilts.spec.ts
index 57248c08c..b7782d303 100644
--- a/packages/signature/test/utilts.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/signature/test/utilts.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import {
   TOKEN_VALID_LENGTH,
   createTarballHash,
diff --git a/packages/utils/jest.config.js b/packages/utils/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 44aa5663a..000000000
--- a/packages/utils/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('../../jest/config');
-
-module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {
-  coverageThreshold: {
-    global: {
-      // FIXME: increase to 90
-      lines: 60,
-    },
-  },
-});
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index dd0c4706c..68b1502e5 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf ./build",
-    "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test BABEL_ENV=test jest",
+    "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test BABEL_ENV=test vitest run",
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "build:js": "babel src/ --out-dir build/ --copy-files --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" --source-maps",
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/auth-utils.spec.ts b/packages/utils/test/auth-utils.spec.ts
index fcd997f3f..9c921a953 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/auth-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/auth-utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { createSessionToken, getAuthenticatedMessage } from '../src';
 
 describe('Auth Utilities', () => {
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/matcher.spec.ts b/packages/utils/test/matcher.spec.ts
index 2d6c0cf38..ad6b5ed9d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/matcher.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/matcher.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { getMatchedPackagesSpec } from '../src/matcher';
 
 describe('getMatchedPackagesSpec', () => {
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/middleware-utils.spec.ts b/packages/utils/test/middleware-utils.spec.ts
index f6ff29f66..44fd03e26 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/middleware-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/middleware-utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { getVersionFromTarball } from '../src/middleware-utils';
 
 describe('Utilities', () => {
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/utils.spec.ts b/packages/utils/test/utils.spec.ts
index 96ba3034e..e87958586 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
 import { DEFAULT_USER } from '@verdaccio/core';
 
 import {